Improvement in clothes-hangers



n. "nee M. Clothes-Hangers.

Patented April '28, 1874,

' Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT.

ROBERT MCCOY, OF NEW. YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,251, dated April28, 1874; application filed January 5, 1874.

of the holders attached, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A'represents the jaws or fingers of the springs, which are formed on abent base, B, so as to project downward when the concave side of thebase is secured against the under .side of the frame 0 by a singlefasteningscrew, D, said jaws being bent around from the ends of theconcave portion so that they meet together below the middle of it, sothat by springing the part B upward between the ends which bear on thebar to which the holders are attached the ends of the jaws are pressedtogether. These ends are extended a.

little beyond their meeting-point, and bent from each other, as shown at.E, to allow the clothes to be hung by them to be forced up between thejaws-readily. The frames'O are made about as wide as a shirt, and thehangera are placed as close together in a row along each bar of theframe as they can be, sothat shirts and other like articlescan be hungup by them close together. The holders are fastened in a groove, H, inthe frame, to prevent them from shifting about when fastened by a singlescrew.

' The special objects are to avoid puncturing the shirts by hooks, andto fasten the shirts up by the shoulders, which-can be done with theseholders by merely forcing the shoulders between the jaws of the holders.

The common practice in laundries is to hang the shirts up by the flapson hooks, which are thrust through them. The hooks are sometimes largeand clumsy, and make large holes, and the flaps are sometimes torn anddamaged, particularly when the shirts are frequently so hung.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- A springhanger provided 4 with the outwardly-concavedbase 3 and outwardly-convexed pieces A A, as set forth, to adapt it toreceive a screw, that both regulates the tension of jaws and fastens thehanger to its sup:

port. I ROBERT MoOOY.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX- F. ROBERTS.

